On October 9, 2015, the Council of the European Union agreed on Data Protection Regulation proposal. This agreement enables the Luxembourg presidency to start discussions with the European Parliament also on that part of the Data Protection Regulation concerning the protection of personal data processed for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offenses or […]
On June 19, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) released a press statement to share its views on the text of the Data Protection Regulation Proposal. WP29 stressed that the new legislation should: not lower the current level of protection provided in the Directive 95/46; be clear, simple and easy to understand; and allow […]
On June 15, 2015, Ministers in the Justice Council have sealed a General Approach on the Commission Data Protection Regulation proposal. According to the Commission’s memo, the general approach on the Data Protection Regulation includes agreement on the following main topics: One continent-one law – the Regulation will establish a single set of rules on data […]
Author discusses the common criticism to the current EU Data Protection Directive, according to which it invites forum shopping. Apparently, the new General Data Protection Regulation aims to resolve this issue. The author explains why, in his view, this might not be true. The full text is available at http://privacylawblog.fieldfisher…
Author explains the legislative procedure that would bring to the adoption of the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation. The full text is available at http://privacylawblog.fieldfisher.com/
What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. Unfortunately these reforms are currently subject to significant delay. But despite this set-back Cordery strongly recommends that businesses keep an eye firmly on the ball as the reforms go well beyond an upgrade – good planning ahead […]
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) might provide for the free flow of data across the ocean. However, now the priority is the data protection regulation, source says. More information is available at http://www.euractiv… Follow us on& Like us on
On March 13, 2015, the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council (one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union) made some progress on the EU data protection framework and the Proposal for a European Regulation on data protection. The EU Council agreed on a partial general approach (7178/15) on the “One Stop Shop” mechanism and the principles for […]
On February 5, 2015, Article 29 Working Party (“WP29″) clarified the scope of the definition of data concerning health in relation to lifestyle and wellbeing apps. The Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) establishes that health data are a special category of data, to which a higher level of data protection applies. According to the letter, the […]
One of the most frequent questions we have at the moment is from clients asking us when the new EU data protection laws will come in. Needless to say there is no definite answer. In May 2014 we looked at what the proposed new laws say and some of the history behind them. You can […]